City Waited to Make Serious Repairs at Brooklyn Playgrounds

Eight percent of the 583 problems at Brooklyn playgrounds listed as urgent were not addressed within the required 30 days, according to a Comptroller’s audit. The repairs included a walkway pushed up by tree roots at Jackie Robinson Park in Bed-Stuy, missing cobblestones at the Hickman Playground in Mill Basin, and a pinching hazard at Mother Cabrini Park in Red Hook.